Manila (MNL) to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN): 1,001 miles (1,611 km) great-circle, about 2h 30m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $206 round-trip on VietJet Air, nonstop, departing April 30, 2026.
$206 round-trip, VietJet Air VJ859, departing 2026-04-30 at 03:00, returning 2026-05-04. The recorded itinerary left on a Thursday, returning on a Monday 4 nights later; the fare was observed 5 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $206, it ranked 10th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from MNL (median $265). That is 20.6 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the MNL median of 23.6 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from MNL of similar length: Da Nang (861 mi) at $248 and Shanghai (1,153 mi) at $263.
VietJet Air had the cheapest fare on 2 of 30 MNL routes. It is the 17th longest of the 30 routes we track from MNL.
Of 20 departure airports with a fare to Ho Chi Minh City, Manila (MNL) ranked 5th at $206. Lowest: $183 from Bangkok (BKK); highest: $1566 from Salt Lake City (SLC); 8 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): VietJet Air (3), Air India (2), American Airlines (2), Qatar (2), AirAsia (1) and Cathay Pacific (1), plus 9 more.
The reverse, Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Manila (MNL), was $197 round-trip on Cebu Pacific, nonstop, departing June 11, 2026. Ho Chi Minh City to Manila flights.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Manila, Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh; flight time is our estimate.